Oh Karen Anderson. What a lovely fellow coach. Karen was a Master Coach in my coach training, and I was so excited to meet her because I had listened to this podcast and been incredibly impressed by what she had to say - especially on the realities of labeling someone as narcissistic or not.

I FINALLY got the chance to sit down and read this book, after planning to for almost a year. I'm so glad I did. It is lovely. Karen is an amazing example of someone who has been willing to take a life she could be totally justified wallowing in, and instead turn it into something beautiful.

Karen's insights into the work it takes to acknowledge and sit with our feelings about our parents is wonderful. She give actionable tips, but also, she gets where you're coming from. She doesn't expect you to change if you don't want to, but she's willing to offer you a solution.

I remember in our training, Karen said she was being coached by our instructor, Brooke Castillo, on feeling angry. Karen said, "What if I want to feel angry?" And Brooke said, "Awesome! Do it, then!" And Karen said it had always stuck with her that sometimes we want to feel a negative emotion like anger, and getting the permission or validation to do it is so important.

I love Karen. Follow her. Read her stuff. Be impressed. I understand there is going to be a new edition of this book coming out sometime in the future, and I'm so excited to see it. Well done!